Chemically synthesized pesticides are used in conventional agriculture in various crops such as field crops, vegetable cultivation, or viticulture. A study by the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), recently published in the journal “Scientific Reports”, examined pesticide contamination over the course of a year for the first time. It shows that substances are detectable not only during spraying phases in the fields, but year-round and [...]
Not just during spraying phases: Pesticide mixtures present in soils and plants year-round
